Apparatus for drawing automobiles out of mud-holes.



W. MYLES.

APPARATUS FUR DRAWING AUTOMOBILES OUT OF MUD HOLES.

APPLICATION FLED MAY 8. 1917.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

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WILLIAM MYLES, 0F BRADWARDINE, MANITOBA, CANADA.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING AUTOMOBILES OUT OF MUD-HOLES.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Mms, of the village of Bradwardine, in thecounty of Brandon, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing AutomobilesOut of Mud-Holes, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n apparatus for drawing anautomobile out of a mud hole and the object of the invention is todevise a simple apparatus easily portable, which may .be readilyattached to the automobile and which will effectively operate to drawsuch automobile clear and it consists essentially of the followingarrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularlyexplained.

Figure l, is a general perspectlve view showing the front and rearwheels of an automobile and the fore part of the radiator and myapparatus applied thereto.

Fig. 2, is a plan view of the tackle employed in my device.

Fig. 3, is an elevation partially in section of a two-pulley blockadapted to be connected to a stationary support.

Fig. 4, is a side elevation partially 1n section of a three-pulley blockand its connection to an automobile frame.

Fig, 5, is a plan view partially in section of the power drum and itsconnection to the drive wheels of the automobile.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the various figures.

1 and 2 indicate the drive wheels of an automobile connected together bythe axle 3, such wheels being provided with the hub 4. 5 and 6 indicatesteering wheels and 7 a portion of the radiator which is supported on L,

the frame 8 and from which extends a hook 9.

10 indicates a three-pulley block provided with pulleys 11, 12 and 13and with an eye 14, which engages the hook 9. 15 and 16 indicate twopulley blocks, the pulley block 15 being provided with pulleys 17 and 18and the pulley block 16 with pulleys 19 and 20.

21 indicates a cable, the free ends of which are 25x indicate drums,which are forced into position around the hubs 4, each drum beingprovided with an outer and an inner ange Specification of LettersPatent.

rovided with hooks 22 and 23. 25 and Patented Feb. 11, 19,19.

Application led lllay 8; 1917. Serial N o. 167,228.

26 and 27 respectively, the inner fiange being provided with a series ofperforations 28, a pair of perforations 28 being located between eachspoke 1x and 2c of each wheel l and 2. The hook 23 at one end of thecable 21 is passed through one of the perforations 28 and is thenthreaded around the spokes 2* through the intermediate erforations 28 asclearly shown in Fig. 5. he cable 21 then passes from the drum 25 aroundthe pulleys 20 and from thence around the pulley 13 of the pulley block10, then around the pulley 19 of the pulley block 16, then around theintermediate pulley 12 of the pulley block 10, then around the pulley 17of the pulley block 115, then around the uppermost pulley 11 of thepulley block l0, then back around the pulley 18, from which it passesrearwardly to the drum 25X- through the perforations 28 of which it isthreaded so as to engage with the spokes 1x of the wheel 1.

The pulley blocks 15 and 16 are provided with eyes 15x and 16 which areconnected by hooks 29 and. 30 which are provided with eyes 3-1 and 32through which stakes or other suitable means for securing the hooks in astationary position are driven into the ground. Upon the tackle beinconnected to the automobile as above descri ed the drive wheels of theautomobile are thrown into clutch so as to wind the free ends of thecable 21 around the drums and thereby exert a pulling action upon thetackle to draw the automobile out of the mud.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simpledevice which is readily attachable and which is easily portable, wherebyan automobile may be quickly and easily drawn out of a mud hole when ithas been stuck therein.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a device of the class described, aflanged drum adapted to be mounted on the hubs of automobile drivewheels, and having perforations in the flange thereof, and a cablehaving its free ends threaded through such perforations so as to passaround the intervening spokes of the drive wheels.

2. In a device of the class described, a hanged drum adapted to bemounted on the hubs of automobile drive wheels and having perforationsin the ange thereof, a cable having its free ends threaded through suchperforations so as to pass around the interlos venng spokes of thevd-rvewheels, .hooks atth-roughwhichra cable-mafbepassed toform in perforatonsin the anges.

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